How to Use driver in a Sentence
driver
noun- He likes to sit at the front of the bus, near the driver.
- Who was the driver at the time of the accident?
- We told the taxi driver to take us to the library.
- There's a problem with the printer's driver.
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Six of the top-7 drivers on the grid started on black tires.
—Nathan Brown, The Indianapolis Star, 16 May 2023
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The longer a driver stays parked, the more the hourly fee could inch up, Johnson said.
—Courtney Astolfi, cleveland, 18 Sep. 2023
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The driver of the pickup truck later returned to the scene of the crash.
—Kendrick Calfee, Kansas City Star, 4 May 2024
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The cops ride beside us on a horse, telling the float driver to speed up to lose the kids.
—Liza Lentini, SPIN, 17 Mar. 2023
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The first bullet missed, while the second struck a cab driver in the groin.
—Meilan Solly, Smithsonian Magazine, 17 July 2024
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The deputy went to pull over the driver, who took off and got onto state Route 67.
—Karen Kucher, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Apr. 2023
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One of the men on foot walked around the vehicle to the driver's side door, which was opened.
—Morgan Winsor, ABC News, 12 Jan. 2023
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The driver of the Nissan was not injured and stayed near the area of the crash, the department said.
—Dallas News, 5 Mar. 2023
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The driver, a 24-year-old man, stayed at the scene and talked with officers.
—Karen Kucher, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Sep. 2022
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The driver of the truck, a young male whose name and age has not been released, was pronounced dead on the scene.
—Carol Robinson | Crobinson@al.com, al, 21 Sep. 2022
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Brian, who works with the dogs, is rubbing the side of his face and waiting for the driver.
—Paul Yoon, The New Yorker, 20 Oct. 2024
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Hollins then yelled for the bus driver to stop and ran off the bus with two other students.
—CBS News, 17 Nov. 2022
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As a driver in Delhi put it to me, the wedding felt like a slap in the face to India’s poor.
—Amitava Kumar, The New Yorker, 8 Mar. 2025
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Frantic search for help Taxi drivers, afraid of the police, didn’t stop to help.
—Adam Pourahmadi, CNN, 16 Sep. 2023
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Officers then approached as the driver turned the wrong way down a one-way street and stopped.
—Chris Pandolfo, Fox News, 26 Sep. 2023
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Jerving repositioned the driver to help stop the flow of blood.
—Elliot Hughes, Journal Sentinel, 9 Feb. 2023
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The driver of the pickup was also injured, as were two children in the truck.
—Warren Kulo | Wkulo@al.com, al, 22 June 2023
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The driver of the Freightliner, who was not named in the report, was not injured.
—Tracy Neal, Arkansas Online, 18 Dec. 2022
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Police tried to stop the car but the driver sped away from officers, Franklin said.
—Laura Daniella Sepulveda, The Arizona Republic, 11 June 2023
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The motorcycle hit the side of the Kia, and the driver of the Kia fled the scene without stopping, police said.
—Kendrick Calfee, Kansas City Star, 18 May 2024
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At the scene of the crash, two other drivers of two other cars were also present.
—The Arizona Republic, 13 Aug. 2023
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The instrument cluster for the driver is a 10.25-inch screen.
—Michael Taylor, Forbes, 21 Oct. 2024
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The truck driver, a 38-year-old man from Pompano Beach, Fla., was not injured.
—Adam Sennott, BostonGlobe.com, 14 Dec. 2022
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The station said truck drivers often park to get some rest.
—Saleen Martin, USA TODAY, 23 Apr. 2024
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The driver refused to get out of the car and continued to park in their parking spot at their apartment complex.
—Nollyanne Delacruz, Mercury News, 1 Apr. 2025
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The water pressure then causes the vehicle to rise and slide on a thin layer of water between the tires and the road, making the driver lose control.
—Nc Weather Bot, Charlotte Observer, 1 Apr. 2025
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